Maybank Islamic Deliver Aid To Four ASEAN Countries In Conjunction With Ramadan

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (Bernama) -- Maybank Islamic organised Ramadan Relief Programme 2017, for the first time this year, to deliver food aid worth US$467,416 (RM2 million) to more than 58,000 recipients simultaneously in four ASEAN member countries, Wednesday. Its Community Financial Services Senior Advisor Mohd Haniff Suadi said the Maybank Islamic community programme, in partnership with Islamic Relief, implemented in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore, which recorded the highest number of recipients involved. “We are very pleased that the programme this time can help the poor, not only in Malaysia, but also those in need in the neighbouring countries. “We have a total of 16,666 recipients in Malaysia, 18,500 in the Philippines, 3,400 of urban poor in Singapore and 20,000 victims of natural disasters in Indonesia,” he said to reporters at the aid handing over ceremony here Wednesday which was also attended by Maybank Islamic Director Dr Afifi Al-Akiti and Islamic Relief Malaysia’s Services Division head Sharlina Adnan. Mohd Haniff said the distribution of aid would be held in Aceh, Indonesia, Mindanao in the Philippines and Geylang Serai in Singapore. “This programme is in line with the mission of Maybank Islamic to bring Islamic financial services across Asia to ease the burden of the life of Muslims, thus improving the economic status of the community not only in Malaysia, but also in the countries where Maybank has established banking operations,” he said. -- BERNAMA